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This is uploaded for Melissa as the WordPress gremlins have been at work and form uploads were not working earlier. Fingers crossed it’s fixed now. Jack: This is my first photo-editing technique, and I think I did okay! I removed some background distractions (a bright spot and a blanket in the bottom corner) but couldn’t figure out how to effectively do anything with the furniture beh... »

Here is the feedback for Rosemary’s Rusty photos. shutter speed 1/250 – aperture f2.2.- Lovely depth of field and great focus. The eyes are lovely and sharp (you can even see people, sky and grass reflected in Rusty’s eyes which is an indication of tack sharp focus). While the eyes are sharp the background is nice and blurred which helps to draw focus to the eyes which are the mo... »

Robyn Focused on depth of field today, found I prefer a closer up look though have included a far away one that I did appeal (no 4) Wasn’t too sure with activity 2 & 3 whether I was meant to move from where I was to the subject as well as moving the lens, so I played around with both. Image 1 – iso 64, F5.1 and 1/140. I liked how the close up of Mariah and the slight pink colour to... »

Moments That Matter: lesson 2: topic 1: exposure triangle Assignment upload from Erin (sent via email) Wow, finally feel like I have a bit more understanding of the whole exposure triangle! The window analogy was terrific. had a lot of fun playing with the settings and learnt alot, although I have a compact camera it did let me change the settings:) Pic 1 – was indoors at night and finally I... »

Moments That Matter: lesson 1: topic 5: metering Assignment upload from Erin (sent via email) Hi Robyn Not 100% confident that I understood this assignment. Read my manual and set the settings to auto (think that’s correct) Pic 1 – a mix of light and shadows Pic 2- focusing more on the light Pic 3 – focusing towards the shadows really interesting, as I took the pic I could only s... »

Here’s a video tutorial that looks at a couple of things – overexposure and making the most of the golden hour and backlighting. The image was submitted by Samantha in Lesson 8 of Moments That Matter This one contains some techniques I haven’t shown before and one “just for fun” Photoshop filter! »

Here’s a super quick video to answer a question from Siobhan: how to hide a blown out sky. This one was actually quite easy as there was a nice tree on the other side to use to fill in the space. It’s not always that easy! p.s. apologies for the echo in the audio. I’m having renovations done and I had to hide in the bathroom away from the painters to record t... »

Do me a favour and pop on over to Facebook and congratulate our featured photographers for January: Samantha, Sally and Siobhan. And the answer is NO, you don’t have to have a name starting with “S” to be a featured photographer 🙂 Will it be your turn next month? All you have to do is share your images, participate in discussions, be helpful to others and give us some lovely phot... »